Unlike Nik Stauskas and Chris Silva, Mario Chalmers did not come into play Thursday night in the victory in Houston. But Erik Spoelstra does not forget, and Sunday, against the Kings, the two-time NBA champion should make his comeback on an NBA floor.
“We are managing this minute by minute”, recalled the coach of the Heat. “I’m open-minded about all of this. We are talking about a series of events that have happened over the past 48 hours. I would have liked to have played it tonight. I know he really wanted to go. He’s a competitor. Of course he wanted to go into the field. It didn’t happen tonight, but it could very well happen at some point during these trips. “
Chalmers, signed for 10 days, could therefore play on Sunday, and he admits that he was speechless when he learned that the Heat were calling on him. “I’m not going to lie. My immediate reaction was that I didn’t believe it. I thought my agent was laughing at me ” tells “Super Mario”. ” I’m just thankful for this chance, and whatever happens I really want to thank Pat Riley and the rest of the franchise for giving me this opportunity to come back.. »
Since his time at the Grizzlies in 2018, Chalmers has traveled quite a bit, going from Italy to Greece, with a detour in Puerto Rico and even in the Big3. Before finally returning to the G-League to catch the eye of the scouts. ” It’s just a new dream come true »He continues. ” To be back where it all began. I hope to be able to stay until the end of the season, but I’m already grateful to have this opportunity. I have worked a lot over the past four years to come back, and this opportunity means a lot to me. “
And then he has some benchmarks since Spoelstra is still in place, and Udonis Haslem is even still there… ” It’s like coming home with this staff and these leaders. The funny thing is that Spo and I have been chatting every now and then since leaving the Heat. He was my first coach in the NBA, and we had arrived together… We had toiled together this first year and really during my first seven years. He was my first coach, the first one I got so close to. »
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| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Jimmy Butler | 20 | 33.9 | 50.2 | 18.8 | 85.6 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 22.6 |
| Tyler Herro | 29 | 32.1 | 44.4 | 40.8 | 86.3 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 20.6 |
| Bam Adebayo | 18 | 32.9 | 51.9 | 0.0 | 75.9 | 2.7 | 7.4 | 10.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 18.7 |
| Kyle Lowry | 31 | 34.6 | 43.0 | 32.7 | 83.1 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 13.9 |
| Duncan Robinson | 35 | 28.5 | 38.0 | 34.6 | 79.3 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 11.6 |
| Max Strus | 27 | 23.1 | 46.2 | 40.4 | 75.8 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| Gabe Vincent | 32 | 21.8 | 43.5 | 37.4 | 77.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 8.6 |
| Caleb Martin | 25 | 20.3 | 50.0 | 36.1 | 61.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 8.0 |
| P.j. Tucker | 31 | 28.3 | 50.5 | 45.5 | 76.2 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 7.9 |
| Markieff Morris | 10 | 18.7 | 45.7 | 36.4 | 100.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 7.7 |
| Dewayne Dedmon | 33 | 17.2 | 57.5 | 60.0 | 75.0 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 6.5 |
| Omer Yurtseven | 26 | 11.4 | 46.6 | 0.0 | 63.3 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
| Kz Okpala | 21 | 11.6 | 43.5 | 34.6 | 72.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| Udonis Haslem | 8 | 6.5 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.0 |
| Marcus Garrett | 12 | 10.7 | 23.8 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
